Can I own one here
Owning one in Iron County.
On your own land, yes
Owning a kei truck and working it on a ranch, a farm, a mine or private property does not depend on a road title. Some states still ask for a title or an off road registration.
A 25 year truck on the road
Road use with limits. Utah registers kei class trucks as novel vehicles and a novel vehicle equipped to the street-legal standard may run on Utah roads at up to 50 miles per hour, never on an interstate.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. Registered as a novel vehicle, which Utah governs under its off-highway vehicle chapter. The division may issue a title.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Iron County.
Roads open. Iron County opens every county B and D road to OHVs at up to 25 mph, while Cedar City and Parowan allow only set routes to riding areas.
In town Some
- To confirm Brian Head. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Some Cedar City. City roads are closed to OHVs unless shown open on the city's Off-Highway Vehicle Travel Map or by signs, except that an OHV may take the most direct route from a residence or motel to an area open to OHVs on any city road other than a state road. OHVs are barred from SR 56, SR 130, SR 14 and SR 289. A divided road or one of more than two lanes is crossed only at a signalled intersection. The map was not read. Cedar City Code Chapter 35B, Ordinances 0813-08-1 and 0921-11-1, amended by Ordinance 0507-25-2 of 7 May 2025, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Enoch. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Closed Kanarraville. The town's code on American Legal was walked chapter by chapter through its traffic, public safety and public ways titles and no chapter or section heading concerns OHVs, so no street is designated and 41-22-10.5(5) keeps streets closed to them. A rule under a general heading could have been missed. no OHV designation found in the code, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Paragonah. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Some Parowan. OHVs may use only the most direct roads to and from homes, farms and businesses and the roads leading to the mountains and riding areas, named as 600 West, 300 East, 300 South, 400 North, 700 North and Airport Road. They keep to 25 mph with headlights on and may not use city roads for recreation. Parowan City Code 10.04.070, read 28 October 2026
County roads Open
Every class B county road that is not a limited access highway and every class D county road is open to street-legal ATVs and to general and limited OHV use, shown on the Iron County Off-Highway Vehicle Road Map. Iron County Code 12.04.080, Ordinance No. 2010-8 of 27 September 2010, read 28 October 2026
State highways Crossings only
- Cedar City's code bars OHVs from SR 56, SR 130, SR 14 and SR 289 inside the city. Cedar City Code 35B-3, read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Iron County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 500 road miles.
- The Port of Oakland, about 600 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,000 road miles.
How to import a mini truck, step by step.
A newer off road truck never lands in California. It comes in through Tacoma or by way of Houston.
Trucks travel in containers, one to a 20 foot box with room for parts or three to a 40 foot box.
Road miles are an estimate, the straight line times 1.2.
The ground
Iron County, counted.
Iron County averages 57 inches of snow a year. Farms in Iron County hold 14,483 acres of woodland. 2 active surface mines and quarries work Iron County's ground.
Importing a kei truck
The essentials, in short.
A truck under 25 can come in only as governed off road equipment, and only if its engine family held an EPA nonroad certificate for that model year. No kei engine family was certified for mini trucks before model year 2010, so a truck built after 31 October 2001 and before model year 2010 has no federal door until its 25th birthday.
Two lanes
A road truck must be 25 years old by its own build date. A newer truck comes in only as governed off road equipment with a certified engine.
The 25 percent duty
Every kei truck pays the 25 percent truck duty at the port, whatever its age.
The paperwork
The customs entry and the two federal declarations, DOT Form HS-7 and EPA Form 3520-1, travel with the truck to your title office.
The title
Keep every stamped paper with the truck. Your state title office asks to see them.
News for Utah Utah adds gray market title brands on 1 January 2027
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